Spray-brush.



T. G. ADAMS.

SPRAY BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.12, 1914.

1,120,659. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

THEODORE C. ADAMS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

SPRAY-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed January 12, 1914. Serial No. 811,508.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Tnnononn C. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spray-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to spray brushes and has for its object to provide a brush equipped with a fountain and means for suppl 'ng the contents thereof to the bristles o the brush.

An embodiment of my invention in a tooth brush is seen in the accompanying month of the bulb. This terminal drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a back side or plan view of the complete device as equipped for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, partly in section, showing the structural arrangement and the manner of securing the members together. Fig. 3 is an elevational view of a stopper.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 designates the usual back member of a brush of the form employed for brushing the teeth. In this case the stem is formed at a slight angle with reference to the portion carrying the bristles; and a longitudinal aperture 2 is formed from the extremity of the handle ortion which leads to the front side thereo opening at an angle with reference to said front face among the bristles secured thereonf At the terminal of the handle is formed a shank 4, which is screw threaded at 4: for a portion of its lengthto engage the corresponding screw threads in the aperture formed in the front end of the elli tical handle frame 3. This frame is forme of a strip of metal of a size and shape to be convenientl carried in the hand, the inner faces of the rame bemg concave to form a seat adapted to receive the flexible bulb 6, whose body is made to conform to the seat and of a size to fit snugly therein. At the forward end of the frame is a recessed portion 5 ada ted to receive the flanged neck 6 of the b1 b 6. The shank 4 is reduced beyond the screw threaded-portion as at 7 and rounded at its end so as to readily be inserted into the portion fits snugly in the neck 6 pressing it tight against the shouldered portion 5 of the frame and thereby prevents leakage from the bulb. The ordinary rubber bulb may be collapsed and pressed into place in the frame, when it will expand to fit neatly therein. The fountain may be filled by removing the brush and compressing the sides of the bulb to expel the air. Then upon inverting the bulb with its mouth in the liquid used and releasing it, the walls of the bulb will expand which will cause the liquid to be drawn into the bulb, in the well known manner. I prefer to form the frame 3 of metal, but it may be made of celluloid, or other suitable material. The brush may be removed for packing when the bulb may be closed by means 0 acork 8 which is, provided with a shank having a screw threaded portion 4", and an entering terminal 7". In use, the contents of the bulb may be forced through the aperture 2, by a slight pressure upon the bulb 6, when the liquid will issue through the bristles in a spray, as the user is brushing the teeth, so that the material mav be applied as wanted. By means of the frame 3 the brush may be manipulated at will without affecting the bulb; and the location of the latter is such that it may be operated by the fingers of the same hand.

hat I claim as new, is-

A fountain brush comprising a brush proper having a stem provided with a 1ongitudinal aperture opening in the face of the brush, a shank formed at the terminal of said stem, provided with screw threads at its base portion and terminating in a reduced portion, an elliptical frame adapted to be grasped in the hand and provided at one end with a screw threaded aperture adapted to engage the screw threads of said stem, an annular recess formed within the frame coaxial with the screw threaded a erture and surrounding one end thereo a concave seat formed in the bod of said frame, and a flexible container tted into said seat having a neck extending into said annular recess, whereby when the shank is inserted into the aperture in the frame the reduced portion thereof will enter the neck of the flexible container to bind it against the wall of the recess' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE C. ADAMS. Witnesses:

E. EARL FEIKE, H. A. ARMSTRONG. 

